Boletus
Composer John Cage's appearance on an Italian quiz show as an expert on mushrooms; Intermezzo buffo in one act for tenor and a quintet of strings; Libretto: Giuseppe Di Leva;
(WP) 12 Okt; Narni, Associazione In Cantop. Cesare Scarton

www.victoriabond.com/Mrs President
The story of Victoria Woodhull, the first woman to run for the American presidency, in 1872; Semi-staged. First full performance of the score with orchestra; Libretto: Hillary Bell;
(WP) 5-7 Okt; Anchorage Operap. Lemuel Wade

www.douglasjcuomo.comDoubt
The Bronx, 1964 - Suspicion ignites a battle of wills. Sister Aloysius embarks on a personal crusade to ruin Father Flynn, whom she accuses of abusing their school's only black student.; Libretto: John Patrick Shanley, after his own play and its film adaption;
(WP) 26 Jan-3 Feb; Minneapolis, Minnesota Operap. Kevin Newbury

Shelter
In this fable for the nuclear age, a father protects his family at any cost, a mother chases storms, and a nuclear physicist is midwife to a child who glows in the dark...;
(WP) 15-18 Nov; Edmonton Operap. Keith Turnbull

gregoryspears.comPaul's Case
Expelled from school, Paul steals money to sample one last night in the bright life of New York; Opera in two acts, 85'; Libretto: Kathryn Walat and Gregory Spears, after the short story Paul's Case by Willa Cather;
(WP) 20-28 Apr; Arlington, UrbanAriasp. Kevin Newbury